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Structure-based virtual screening aids the identification of glycosyltransferases in the biosynthesis of salidroside Plant Biotech. J. (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Yan Yao, Fangfang Chen, Chaoyan Wu, Xiaosa Chang, Weijia Cheng, Qiuxia Wang, Zixin Deng, Tiangang Liu, Li Lu
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Divergent MYB paralogs determine spatial distribution of linalool mediated by JA and DNA demethylation participating in aroma formation and cold tolerance of tea plants Plant Biotech. J. (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Rui Yue, Yaling Li, Yujia Qi, Xiaoyu Liang, Ziqing Zheng, Zhili Ye, Wei Tong, Xiongyuan Si, Yanrui Zhang, Enhua Xia, Penghui Li
Linalool not only is one of characteristic flavour volatiles of tea, contributing to floral aroma, but also a kind of defensive compounds, playing essential roles in resistance against biotic/abiotic stresses. Although the linalool synthases have been identified, much is unknown about the regulation mechanism in tea plants. We identified two pairs of MYB paralogs as linalool biosynthesis activators
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LsBLH2–LsOFP6–LsKANT3 module regulates bolting by orchestrating the gibberellin biosynthesis and metabolism in lettuce Plant Biotech. J. (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Haoyu Chen, Yetong Qi, Yong Wang, Jie Liu, Ruirui Lu, Xinhui Zhao, Ruiyu Chen, Yueji Wang, Lei Zhu, Shouru Sun, Jianbin Hu, Luming Yang, Guanghui An
Lettuce is one of the most important vegetables worldwide. Bolting time is an important agronomic trait in lettuce production. Premature bolting reduces crop quality and marketability. Here, we genetically clone the LsBLH2 gene controlling bolting time in lettuce. LsBLH2 encodes a BEL1-like homeodomain protein. In the late bolting parent, the LsBLH2 had a 1-bp deletion in exon 1 which leads to a premature
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FZP modulates tillering via OsMADS57 in rice Plant Biotech. J. (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Hongwei Xing, Huan Wang, Yongyu Huang, Xin Ma, Sheng Wu, Yuanjie Li, Chuanqing Sun, Hongying Sun
The number of tillers in rice directly determines the number of panicles, which is crucial for enhancing plant architecture and achieving high yields. Some important genes regulating rice tillering have been identified, but their underlying mechanisms remain unclear. FRIZZY PANICLE (FZP) encodes an AP2/ERF transcription factor. Beyond its well-established role in promoting spikelet formation during
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Self-Assembled PVP-Gd Composite Nanosheets via Ultrasound Synthesis for Targeted Acrylamide Sensing in Food Safety J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Sahar Pakbaten Toopkanloo, Hui-Fen Wu
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Nanoporous 3D Polyurethane for Toosendanin Adsorption, Encapsulation, and High-Efficient Utilization J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Wen-kui Li, Song Wang, Yong-hong Wang, Yu-zhen Wu, Jia Li, Tian-hua Chai, Kang Wang, GuangYou Chen, Zhiqing Ma
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Direct Influence of the Conserved Motif in PL7 Family Alginate Lyases on Enzyme Cold Adaptability J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Zhixiao He, Shanshan Meng, Yan Xu, Mingqi Zhong, Xuefeng Han, Qingyi Xie, Mo Ding, Jin Li, Zhong Hu
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Impact of Cu Fractions on the Light-Induced Spoilage Aromas of Chardonnay Wine at Variable Riboflavin Concentrations J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Isara Vongluanngam, John W. Blackman, Xinyi Zhang, Leigh M. Schmidtke, Kerry L. Wilkinson, Andrew C. Clark
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Ethyl-Dimer-Galactopyranoside, a New Glycoside with Attractive Activity from Cultures of Caenorhabditis elegans on NGM J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Tingting Shi, Xiangyu Yang, Keqin Zhang, Pei-Ji Zhao, Guohong Li
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Kinetic Analysis and Starch Digestion Product Composition Reveal the Subtle Relationship between the Anthocyanidin Structure and Inhibitory Activity on Pancreatic α-Amylase J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Zhengcao Xiao, Ivan Kurtovic, Weifeng Chen, Yunlong Liu, Guolong Chen, Shihuan Guo, Yahong Yuan, Jianbo Xiao, Tianli Yue
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Cyclobutrifluram Resistance in Alternaria alternata: Molecular Mechanisms and Detection Strategies J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Qin Peng, Lijun Tang, Shiqi Tang, Shuai Wang, Jianqiang Miao, Xili Liu
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Investigating the Olfactory Impact of Monoterpenic Compounds on Fruity Aroma Perception in Model Red Wine Solutions J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Justine Garbay, Sophie Tempere, Lisa Ballet, Jean-Christophe Barbe, Georgia Lytra
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Harnessing Functional Food Sources: Deriving Anti-Inflammatory and Antibacterial Naphthalene Derivatives from the Edible Bulbs of Eleutherine bulbosa J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Yuan Gao, Ying Li, Jun-Su Zhou, Peng Zhao, Pei-Qian Wu, Qing Mu, Jian-Min Yue, Bin Zhou
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Synergistic catalytic effect of various species in SnCl4(aq) for conversion of Enteromorpha prolifera derived rhamnose to 5-methylfurfural Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Yuan Xiao, Yuhong Ma, Kaizhuo Lv, Qiuli Yao, Jingtao Liu, Shuguang Xu
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Iron and nitrogen co-doping biochar for simultaneous and efficient adsorption of oxytetracycline and norfloxacin from wastewater Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Xiaoxue Cheng, Ding Jiang, Weiyi Zhu, Huan Xu, Qifan Ling, Jingwen Yang, Xinyu Wang, Kexin Zhang, Xiaolong Zheng, Sirong He, Bin Cao, Stuart Wagland, Shuang Wang
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Engineering the production of the wood stilbene compound pinosylvin from lignin-derived trans-cinnamic acid in Escherichia coli by modulating malonyl-CoA pathway Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Xiaoxia Li, Huanghong Tan, Zijie Wang, Zhaojuan Zheng, Jia Ouyang
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Chemical composition and antibacterial properties of microemulsion and microemulgel formulations containing Lavandula angustifolia Mill. essential oils Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Serpil Demirci Kayiran, Umay Merve Guven Bolgen, Tilbe Cevikelli, Suna Kızılyıldırım, Bedirhan Yıldır, Elif Ferahoglu, Saliha Kırıcı, Fatih Ozogul
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Enhancing drying efficiency and terpene retention of cannabis using cold plasma pretreatment Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Pabitra Chandra Das, Mohamad Mehdi Heydari, Oon-Doo Baik, Lifeng Zhang, Lope G. Tabil
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Advancing circular economy: Biorefinery of agri-waste via green multicomponent deep eutectic solvent pretreatment Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Han Gao, Jinliu Xiao, Yun Wang, Yunkai Yu, Junzhang Wu, Jian Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, Shuangfei Wang, Qingliu Luo
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Obtaining carvacrol from Origanum onites L. essential oil and developing carvacrol-loaded nanoformulation for use in cosmetics Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Tugba Aydin, Bahar Gok, Yasemin Budama-Kilinc, Murat Kartal
Carvacrol (Car) is a major component of Origanum species with many biological activities. This study aims to obtain the Car extract from Origanum onites L. essential oil and its formulation into polycaprolactone (PCL) nanoparticles (NPs) for potential use as an anti-aging formulation in the cosmetic industry. Car extract was obtained from essential oil and its purity was determined by GC-MS. Car-PCL-NPs
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Genome-wide identification and expression pattern analysis of the YTH domain in Rosa chinensis 'Old Blush' and validation of the m6A binding capability of RcDF1A Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Xiang Cheng, Shaojun Xu, Sheng Yao, Qihao Zhong, Dengbao Wang, Bao Li, Kongshu Ji, Qiong Yu
N6-methyladenosine (m6A), a vital emerging epigenetic modification in eukaryotic RNA, exerts critical roles in diverse biological processes including hormone signaling, stress response regulation, RNA stability maintenance, translation control and cell differentiation through recognition by its readers, notably the YTH domain-containing proteins in plants. Rosa chinensis ‘Old Blush’, an ancient Chinese
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A lightweight SIF-based crop yield estimation model: A case study of Australian wheat Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Jinru Xue, Alfredo Huete, Zhunqiao Liu, Sicong Gao, Xiaoliang Lu
As Australia's primary staple and export crop, wheat necessitates reliable yield mapping to ensure timely alerts about food insecurity. Conventional crop yields are estimated using either process-based or statistical models, but both face challenges in large-scale application due to the extensive data required. Recent studies have shown that the gross primary production (GPP) of plants can be mechanistically
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Drying-rewetting cycles decrease temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Junjie Lin, Wenling Zhang, Amit Kumar, Dafeng Hui, Changai Zhang, Shengdao Shan, Zhiguo Yu, Biao Zhu, Yakov Kuzyakov
Soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition is crucial in the global carbon cycle. Its sensitivity to warming significantly impacts climate change. However, the effect of soil drying-rewetting, a consequence of climate change-induced water cycling shifts, on SOC decomposition sensitivity remains poorly understood. This study investigated how drying-rewetting cycles affect the temperature sensitivity (Q10)
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Outdated rules on expenses prevent academics from travelling more sustainably Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11
Letter to the Editor
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Amazing Australopithecus — excitement from 1925 about a ‘man ape’ fossil find Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Close the biodiversity funding gap by teaching conservation to financial professionals Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11
Letter to the Editor
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‘Aqua tweezers’ manipulate particles with water waves Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11
Researchers create precise 3D patterns with water-waves.
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Nature markets are nothing new — they are widespread, regulated and instructive Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11
Letter to the Editor
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Federico Mayor Zaragoza obituary: former UNESCO chief who championed neonatal screening Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11
The biochemist introduced the first heel-prick tests for newborn babies in Spain, protecting infants from life-changing metabolic conditions.
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Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you? Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health.
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‘Male-dominated campuses belong to the past’: the University of Tokyo tackles the gender gap Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11
A range of initiatives, from financial-support schemes to awareness campaigns, is already changing the university’s environment.
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Japan can be a science heavyweight once more — if it rethinks funding Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Keisuke Goda, Tatsushi Igaki, Bernd Kuhn, Noboru Mizushima, Takeharu Nagai, Atsuhiro Nakagawa, Noriko Osumi, Amy Q. Shen, Masahiro Sonoshita, Masashi Yanagisawa
The nation must lose its tight focus on individual disciplines if it is to keep pace with the evolving requirements of scientific enquiry.
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Earth’s mysterious inner core really is changing shape Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10
Earthquakes ringing through the planet illuminate how its heart is transforming.
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The Greenland Ice Sheet is fracturing faster than expected Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Holly Smith
Cracks in Greenland's glaciers deepened by climate change.
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A man was destined for early Alzheimer’s — these genes might explain his escape Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10
Scientists identify nine genetic variants that could have helped a man to avoid dementia for at least two decades longer than expected.
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Daily briefing: How did childhood evolve? Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10
An AI system is crushing it at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Plus, what an iconic fossil teaches us about the evolution of childhood.
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‘Devastating’ cuts to NIH grants by Trump’s team put on hold by US judge Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10
The ruling temporarily halts a policy slashing research overhead costs in 22 states, which filed a lawsuit against the biomedical agency.
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Author Correction: A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Noam Prywes, Naiya R. Phillips, Luke M. Oltrogge, Sebastian Lindner, Leah J. Taylor-Kearney, Yi-Chin Candace Tsai, Benoit de Pins, Aidan E. Cowan, Hana A. Chang, Renée Z. Wang, Laina N. Hall, Daniel Bellieny-Rabelo, Hunter M. Nisonoff, Rachel F. Weissman, Avi I. Flamholz, David Ding, Abhishek Y. Bhatt, Oliver Mueller-Cajar, Patrick M. Shih, Ron Milo, David F. Savage
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08455-0 Published online 22 January 2025
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An efficient mRNA delivery system for genome editing in plants Plant Biotech. J. (IF 10.1) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Fengti Qiu, Chenxiao Xue, Jinxing Liu, Boshu Li, Qiang Gao, Ronghong Liang, Kunling Chen, Caixia Gao
Transgene-free genome editing is important for crop improvement as it reduces unanticipated genomic changes. While mRNA delivery systems offer a powerful method for achieving transgene-free genome editing, they remain inefficient and challenging in plants. Here we describe an efficient mRNA delivery system for plants with substantially improved editing efficiency. By optimizing the 5′ untranslated
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Preparation of high-efficient phosphoric acid modified biochar toward ciprofloxacin removal from wastewater Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Ke-Qing Du, Jun-Feng Li, Muhammad Arsalan Farid, Wen-Huai Wang, Guang Yang
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Integration of Fatty Acid-Targeted Metabolome and Transcriptomics Reveals the Mechanism of Chronic Environmental Microcystin-LR-Induced Hepatic Steatosis J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Sisi Yan, Ying Liu, Yin Zhang, Yaqi Wang, Shuilin Zheng, Xueqiong Yao, Yue Yang, Yan Tang, Xizi Long, Feijun Luo, Fei Yang
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New Method of Direct Sampling Gas Chromatography–Ion Mobility Spectrometry to Identify the Dynamic Retronasal Volatile Compounds in the Alcoholic Beverage and Their Release Behaviors: A Case Study on Huangjiu J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Yiwen Wang, Zhilei Zhou, Rui Chang, Zhimin Zhang, Xibiao Xu, Yuezheng Xu, Jian Mao
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Dietary Oligosaccharides Isolated from Coix Seed Mitigate Hyperuricemia through Modulation of Lipid Metabolites and Intestinal Homeostasis J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Guozhen Wu, Hongjing Dong, Tao Li, Chuangchuang Wang, Yingjian Guo, Lanping Guo, Xiao Wang
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A Comprehensive Review of Beneficial Effects of Phytosterols on Glycolipid Metabolism and Related Mechanisms J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Xiao Chen, Lwara Sophie Memory Kunda, Xinyang Li, Nan Wang, Yangjia Huang, Yuting Hao, Qi He, Wenzhen Liao, Jinyuan Chen
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Screening Human IgE Epitopes on α-Lactalbumin and Developing Specific Detection Tools for Enhanced Allergen Detection in Food Matrices J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Yu Qiu, Mao Ye, Hongkai Tan, Xing Zhang, Huming Shao, Siyi Chen, Yi Zhang, Yong Wu, Jinyan Gao, Xuanyi Meng, Xin Li, Hongbing Chen
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The Most Up-to-Date Advancements in the Design and Development of Urease Inhibitors (January 2020–March 2024) J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-09 Danial Babaei, Ebrahim Saeedian Moghadam, Latifeh Navidpour, Mohsen Amini
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In Vitro Determination of the Sensitivity of Fusarium graminearum to Fungicide Fluopyram and Investigation of the Resistance Mechanism J. Agric. Food Chem. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2025-02-09 Jia Jiang, Bingyang Hu, Xuheng Gao, Yongyuan Cui, Le Qian, Jianqiang Xu, Shengming Liu
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I grow medicinal mushrooms in my renewable-energy laboratory Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10
When Ho Thi Thanh Van isn’t creating materials for fuel cells, she is cultivating traditional medicines.
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Breaking language barriers: ‘Not being fluent in English is often viewed as being an inferior scientist’ Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10
Biologist Tatsuya Amano works to make science a fairer place for non-fluent speakers.
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How to end outrage and detoxify politics: share stories, not statistics Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10
A book on human morality claims that although liberals and conservatives prioritize different victims, mutual understanding is still possible.
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How and why my company pivoted from energy to agritechnology Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10
Lambda Agri chief executive Monica Saavedra describes funding strategies and the circumstances leading to the company changing strategic direction.
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Daily briefing: People in dense crowds move in swirls Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-07
People begin to move in vortices in densely packed crowds. Plus, the scientists who kept research alive in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas conflict.
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Daily briefing: How mantis shrimps survive landing the world’s fastest punch Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-07
What’s behind the mantis shrimp’s powerful punch? Plus, six ways to cultivate allyship for a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia.
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Decoding resistance in the age of T6SS warfare. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Nicholas J Shikuma
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Photostationary state assumption seriously underestimates NOx emissions near large point sources at 10 to 60 m pixel resolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Lang Chen,Zhe Song,Ningning Yao,Huan Xi,Jian Li,Peng Gao,Yulei Chen,Haoyuan Su,Yuhai Sun,Boqiong Jiang,Jianmin Chen,Yuanhang Zhang,Tong Zhu,Pengfei Li,Xiaobing Pang,Shaocai Yu
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Interrogating nucleotide sequences with AI to understand codon usage patterns. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Assaf Elazar,Steve Mathew D A,M Madan Babu
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Reply to Chen et al.: Coarse simulations overestimate the distance to recover NO-NO2-O3 photochemical steady state in fresh NOx plumes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Daniel J Varon,Dylan Jervis,Sudhanshu Pandey,Sebastian L Gallardo,Nicholas Balasus,Laura Hyesung Yang,Daniel J Jacob
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Giant RNA genomes: Roles of host, translation elongation, genome architecture, and proteome in nidoviruses Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Benjamin W. Neuman, Alexandria Smart, Orian Gilmer, Redmond P. Smyth, Josef Vaas, Nicolai Böker, Dmitry V. Samborskiy, Ralf Bartenschlager, Stefan Seitz, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Neva Caliskan, Chris Lauber
Positive-strand RNA viruses of the order Nidovirales have the largest known RNA genomes of vertebrate and invertebrate viruses with 36.7 and 41.1 kb, respectively. The acquisition of a proofreading exoribonuclease (ExoN) by an ancestral nidovirus enabled crossing of the 20 kb barrier. Other factors constraining genome size variations in nidoviruses remain poorly defined. We assemble 76 genome sequences
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Ancient origin and high diversity of zymocin-like killer toxins in the budding yeast subphylum Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (IF 9.4) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Padraic G. Heneghan, Letal I. Salzberg, Eoin Ó Cinnéide, Jan A. Dewald, Christina E. Weinberg, Kenneth H. Wolfe
Zymocin is a well-characterized killer toxin secreted by some strains of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis . It acts by cleaving a specific tRNA in sensitive recipient cells. Zymocin is encoded by a killer plasmid or virus-like element (VLE), which is a linear DNA molecule located in the cytosol. We hypothesized that a tRNA-cleaving toxin similar to zymocin may have caused the three parallel changes to